Multivariate Morphometric Variability in Pacific Salmon: Technical Demonstration

A computer oriented approach to the collection and analysis of morphometric characteristics in juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is described. A three-step data collection and storage method is used whereby X–Y coordinate data for relevant morphological features on a body form are collected with a digitizing pad and used to calculate morphometric characters. To test this method, I calculated two morphometric data sets, a conventional and a truss network, and compared them by multivariate analysis in a preliminary study of growth and development in one hatchery stock of fish, and in a survey of population differences in three naturally occurring populations of chinook salmon. Technical advantages of using a digitizing pad for collecting morphometric data are demonstrated. Hatchery-reared chinook salmon showed marked changes in body shape during the period of spring smoltification when marked changes in condition factor occurred. Multivariate differences were discerned among the three Orego...

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